New Mexico patients may find interest in a Gallup research survey with a focus on pre-surgery education. The survey assessed whether patients felt they were informed by their doctors as to what to expect after their procedure, from medication to rehabilitation....
New Mexico football fans may be interested to learn that a study conducted by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center found that former professional players are at risk for brain atrophy as they age if they suffered a concussion during their career....
People in New Mexico may be interested to learn about the outcome of a medical malpractice case involving a Maine woman. She had cervical cancer, a diagnosis that was missed due to a lab technician's failure to read her results correctly as far back as 2009. According...
Nurses are often considered by many patients to be of lesser value and skill than doctors. However, in hospitals across New Mexico, nurses are more likely to know what really goes on in the facility when no one else is looking. Some nurses have said that some doctors...
People in New Mexico may be interested to learn about a recent case that occurred in Rhode Island in which a hospital was ordered to pay a man and his wife $25.6 million plus an additional $5.9 million in interest, bringing the total medical malpractice award to $31.5...
People in New Mexico who have experienced symptoms of a concussion may not actually have suffered brain injuries, according to new research. A study that was published by researchers from McMaster University in the medical journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity found...
Patients entering hospitals in New Mexico might benefit from the rising use of computerized physician order entry systems designed to reduce medication errors. A report from the Leapfrog Group that assesses medication software found that 1,339 hospitals had added the...
New Mexico residents may benefit from learning more about how the integrity of electronic medical records has proven to be a significant factor in many malpractice cases. Physicians and hospitals in the United States typically face over 85,000 medical malpractice...
New Mexico residents may be unaware that a new study suggests that women may recover more slowly from concussions than men do. A doctor in Taiwan noticed she was getting more women patients than men in her office following concussions and wondered whether women...
New Mexico residents may be interested in learning more about some of the inherent risks that still exist in healthcare facilities across the country. Approximately 200,000 patients in the United States die from preventable medical errors every year. Communication...
